i just got a samsung sch-i730 and its great but when i get pix messaged it tells me to retrieve them at the verizon vzw site.... can i just get them on my phone? and can i send pix messages through texts and not emails?

I am considering a SCH-i730. I currently have a Family Share voice plan. Would I be able to keep this same plan? Since the phone has wifi, I would use the wifi to acess email and web. I wouldn't need data access through Verizon. Would I be required to switch to a voice/data plan? I've never had a smartphone so all this is new to me. Thanks!

Nope, you can use the same plan. I advise against this phone though. I loved it at first but honestly, its clunky and there are much nicer smaller pdas you can get. This one is overkill. I use a blackberry curve now. I love it

I am having trouble with the wi-fi. It shows the network avaialabe, but has trouble connecting. When I go to internet explorer it states no modem connection or network card. I am just trying to connect on my office wireless system. Can anyone help.thanks.

When I dial out to get voicemail, the screen backlight goes dark in a second. When prompted to enter my password, I cannot see the numerical keypad on the screen. I've tried different settings, but cannot get the backlight to stay on. Using the pullout keypad doesn't help, because the longest setting for the lights behind the keys is 8 seconds. Does anyone have any ideas?Thanks

My old phone was a pretty simple Motorola flip type that always let me know when I had missed a call or when I had a voicemail waiting. In addition to the main screen showing this information, the phone would beep or vibrate (depending on the mode I had it in) every 5 or 10 minutes until I acknowledged this missed call and/or voicemail message. Occasionally, that was a pain, but now that I have this i730, I miss that.

Without constantly checking the little balloon at the top of the screen, I have no way of knowing I missed a call. Does anyone know if this phone is capable of beeping periodically to let me know I missed a call? Maybe I could at least get the phone to display "missed call" on the screen until I acknowledge it. Thanks.

There is no perfect solution for this with the i730. I just upgraded to WM5 and the notification is a little better. You have to go into the notification settings and you can set missed calls and voicemails to beep, vibrate, both and/or put a messag...(continues)

The only complaint I have (or at least can think of right now) is that the directional pad is too small and awkwardly-shaped, being that the Up & Down keys are way too skinny. I always hit OK by accident.

Other than that, I can't get enough of it. I'm writing this from my i730 now.

i just bought one off ebay, but i was woundering is there suppost to be lights around the ok button and talk and end buttons?? if so mine doesnt light up anywhere around that area or is it suppost to be like it

I just got a Samsung SCH-i730 the other day and already have had a few strange quirks. First, I had to do a hard reset on the phone after I got it to enable the text messaging software (about 4 hours on the phone with Verizon and Samsung tech's to figure that one out). The software was just flat out missing. Secondly, when I was in the calendar I read that you can notify attendees of events with either an email from outlook or a text message....the text message option is missing on my menus. This is my first PDA phone and I am still getting used to the differences between having a PDA and just a regular cell phone. So anyways....it has been an interesting learning curve for me.

Hmm...never had any of those problems. Are you still running windows mobile 2003 or did you upgrade to wm5? I would try upgrading to WM5 if you havent already(not going to solve your speaker issue, just to ensure you have updated software)

Most of you may already know about this program, but for those that don't this is a great ringtone/picture contact program.

I didn't realize how much I use the individually assigned ringtones until I got this phone and didn't have it. Now I have work contacts/personal contacts separated by ring. You can also assign songs from Windows Media 10 as ringtones for people.

I love this program--works well without any negative affect on phone/PPC performance.

I just got this phone recently and whenever I put the phone down and it shuts off or the standby or whatever that is, i cannot get the phone to turn back on unless i do a hard reset or take the battery out and put it back in. I dont know if anyone else has had this problem but if anyone has any idea why it is doing that and how to fix it, that would be great. Thanks

umm...on the left hand side of the phone there is a little button that slides up and down...phone just goes into standby to save battery. if you slide the button down it will turn the backlight back on...try it and let me know..I've never had a probl...(continues)

I was just wondering if it was possible to receive picture messaging with the i730. I know it doesn’t have a camera but can I still receive pictures? Also, can I send pictures via PIX messaging by uploading pictures with my removable memory card? I highly doubt you can but I was just curious.

You'll need to enter you contacts into outlook and use activesync...verizon may be able to upload your phonebook not sure...and yes you can have it without a dataplan but its worthless...the WIFI on the i730 is great..you'll enjoy it

Yes its worth it. I bought it 2 weeks ago and love it...WiFi works great...you can buy the 10mb plan as well for like 20 dollars. All the problems people bitch about with this phone i havent experienced with. I did upgrade to windows mobile 5.